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" Travels in the Shining Island : "
Roger Burford Mason.
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BL
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1004465
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b758835
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Burford-Mason, Roger.
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Travels in the Shining Island : : the story of James Evans and the invention of the Cree syllabary alphabet /\ Roger Burford Mason.
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Toronto :: Natural Heritage Books,, 1996.
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1 online resource (xviii, 78 pages) :: illustrations
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1459714997
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: 1554880874
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: 9781459714991
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: 9781554880874
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1896219160
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9781896219165
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Credits.
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In 1842 at York Factory, the English-born missionary James Evans built a lightweight tin canoe that glittered and shone in the sunlight. Wherever he went, Native peoples called the canoe his "Shining Island" or "His Island of Light."Travels in the Shining Island chronicles important events in the life of the extraordinary Methodist missionary, James Evans (1801-1846). It was Evans who created a written alphabet in native languages that remains in use to the present time. Truly the first printer/publisher in the Canadian Northwest, his story is one of incredible courage, perseverance and unwave.
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Evans, James,1801-1846.
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Evans, James,1801-1846.
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Cree Indians-- Missions.
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Cree language-- Writing.
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Missionaries-- England, Biography.
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Missionaries-- Northwest, Canadian, Biography.
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Missions, English-- Northwest, Canadian-- History.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Religious.
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Cree Indians-- Missions.
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Missionaries.
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Missions, English.
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RELIGION-- Christian Ministry-- Missions.
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Canada, Canadian Northwest.
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England.
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266.7092B
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E99.C88E932 1996eb
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